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Readers Response Blog 5 Hole, S. (2006) Garmann’s Summer. Norway. J.W. Cappelens Forlag Grades 1-4 Before reading Garmann’s Summer, just from looking at the cover, I thought this book would have a serious message. The colors are somewhat muted, and the Garmann’s facial expression looks sober or serious, not smiling yet not fully frowning. AfterContinue reading “Garmann’s Summer- Batchelder Book”

Readers Response Blog 4 Schwartz, A., & Gammell, S. (1981). Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.  New York, NY. Harper & Row Grades 6-8 Honestly, I was not looking forward to reading this book, I am not a fan of horror stories, ghost stories, or even thrillers, but once I started it wasn’t asContinue reading “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Challenged Books”

Readers Response Blog 3 Peck, R. (2017) The Best Man. New York, NY. Puffin Books Grades 4-6 I enjoyed reading “The Best Man,” and was happily surprised by the humor. This book was written in such a way that made you believe that these were kids. When Archer and Lynette are about to go intoContinue reading “The Best Man – Culturally Diverse Book”

Readers Response 2 Klassen, J. (2012) This is not my Hat. Sommerville, MA. Candlewick Press Use for grades 1-3 Before reading “This is not my Hat” I had no idea where the story was going to take me. I loved the pictures and the story even though it is a little more on the seriousContinue reading “This is Not my Hat- Caldecott Medal”

Yolen, J. (1987) Owl Moon. New York: Philomel Books. Grades: Prek-k, 1-2, 3-5 This book is a Caldecott Medal winner, and I can see why. The illustrations are beautiful. The story depicts a young girl going on a nighttime stroll with her father to look for owls. The colors are kind of muted, which givesContinue reading “Owl Moon- Milestone Book”

Hello Class! I’m Joelle Cabral, I live in Los Angeles and I currently teach Toddlers at a private k-12 school! I am working towards my Bachelors in Education and I hope to teach 3rd grade. I love the outdoors, going camping, going to the beach, and anything Disney. I have been volunteering at my schoolContinue reading “Introduction”

Throughout this course, we have learned so many different ways to use technology in the classroom, whether it is giving students an opportunity to collaborate or finding new video content that shows learning skills and gives information to students, or creating our own content for our students learning. We have learned about the impact ofContinue reading “Technology in the Classroom”

Social media has become a huge part of everyday life, most people have Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, Wikipedia, youtube and many other similar apps and social media accounts, but in school, these are usually banned. We know that social media can sometimes be unsafe, and learning how to use social media and how toContinue reading “Social Media”

After researching educational technology tool, what I discovered was that there are so many tools that you can find online and free. This was something that as a teacher I thought was really fun. Being able to access so many different tools with just the click of the mouse and to have it be freeContinue reading “Go Noodle”